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Clive and Reeta both presented on the NC for many years too, doing open-ended interviews and breaking news when required. Like Jane Hill, they were both totally relaxed and comfortable with that style of presenting. I think, partly, due to running around Studio B and trying not to trip over camera tracks, as mentioned in the LK thread, the presenters can be quite distracted and this adds to the already staid feel of a structured bulletin.

Any of the BBC’s big names can anchor rolling news just fine, and all of them have done it in the past very well. Fiona Bruce is the only one who hasn’t and I seem to remember from TV Forum that it was once mentioned that it was a deliberate thing because Fiona wanted to only do bulletins so she could do other work during the day.

Both Clive and Reeeta also did several of the Covid daily briefings and they seemed to have no difficulty in filling up to an announcement, analysing it off the cuff afterwards with a health correspondent, and then quickly summarising before ending the coverage.